2017-12-30

About 5 years ago when I just picked up this hobby I helpeda friend of mine to renovate his wooden gable.As a token of gratitude and that he was able to live the longcold swedish winter indoors he gave me a present.It was a Cadian-mortar team to the game WH 40k.Back then I didn´t play WH 40k that often and I decidedto convert these mortar-teams to germans and use them inthe game SoTR. Now I have upgraded my Jerrys and I havealso started play WH40K more often.I have switched heads and also updated some weapons andfinally added some scenery to each base.I am very pleased with the result and here are some pictures.The camo-net is made of gauze and pva.

2017-12-22

For some weeks ago my friend Mikael arrived with a Christmas-gift both from him and my other friend Peter S.The gift from Mikaels was more Cadian-heads for WH 40k andI will use them to build riot-police in my game Law and order.A very nice gift indeed. Secondly I got a ruined monastery builtin a nice setting and ready for gaming.The monastery also containedsome loose walls and allt this will be used both for both pirate-skirmish and SoTR.Especially gaming with zombies this scenerywill be spot on. In the future I will also build some crypts andgravestones and a church or cathedral to make the setting complete.Last but not least I got some skeleton-dinosaurs and I will fit thesewith small plattforms and mount some Vampire counts-skeletonsand make ready for gaming in the WHFB.All gifts in the scale for 28mm figures.Very nice gifts from my friends and I will send out a big thankyou!!!I will end this report and send out a big Merry Christmas to all younice readers out there that make this blog living.Thankyou for all your answers and messages.

2017-12-21

Two weeks ago my package ordered in october arrivedand it was a delight indeed.Once a year I order some figures or hobby-related andnow it was time for my gift for myself. :)I have ordered some russians to form my engineer-squad both for Sotr and Bolt action.I have tested playing games with engineers and they aregreat fun because they can use demolition and clear way through walls and also place mines.Next find was more civilians to my play pirate-skirmishand I like these figures a lot.Policeofficers will soon be painted and used in my ownscratchbuilt game : Law and order.Finally I have bought some more figures with APC andtwo stugs to form a german force for playing Berlin-45.The figures looks great and I have not decided if they willbe painted as SS or Volksgrenadiers.

2017-11-08

Last week me and my friend Olle visited the local secondhand-shopto buy some extras for the Halloween. Olle got lucky and me too. :)I found two identical trucks for only 2 Euros each.First I will repaint the trucks in a "neutral colour" than canbe used by many participantsThese trucks will be very useful and I plan to make a modular rearsection both with and without cover-top.The cover-top will be built in three versions: russian, germanand one with no markings for Fallout skirmish and modern warfare.The cover-tops will be built using matchsticks and thin woodenicecream-handles for the frame.The "textile" will be built usingthick papernapkins that will be applied using pva-glue andwrapped on the frame. I am not sure if I also will build a module with AA-guns or a heavy machine-gun or maybe a multiple rocket-ramp!? :)NB! The plastic cover-top is just to illustrate the size andwill be replaced with the ones described in the text above.

2017-11-06

I am living a very hectic life for the moment but I trying tomake some time for my hobby.Last week I found somereal nice details to add to my scenery when I am playingPirate-skirmish.Eventhough the fishes are a bit out ofscale and childish I think it will add some more positivefeeling to the gaming table.My favourites are the squids and the crab and I am also planning to make rules for these as predators.I also found some more cars that can be converted andused i Fallout skirmish. The red car will be splendid withsome chains and rust. I prefer to convert plastic cars becausethe are easy to glue and drill holes into.Last but not least I also found some wings to use to"creatures of the night". They will look very nice when mountedand with some paint.

2017-10-16

On sunday two weeks ago me and my friend Olle playeda nice game of Secrets of the third reich.The points were set to play with two platoons and with the support of one light mecha each.The two mechas were equipped each with one flamer and one heavy machine gun. Both me and my friend had high expectations for these robotic-creatures and theywere all fulfilled.These mechas were both fast anddelivered quite a punch when engaging the enemy.The players were russians(me) and germans(olle).I was a bit rusty on the gaming-rules but we managedeventhough this fact to get a fun and not to un-realistic game. For my friend it was the firstgame of SoTR and he liked a lot. To summarize, Ilike this game both for the fast gameplay but alsofor the fantasy-aspect and the possibilty to scratchbuild own mechas and vehicles.The game was very straight forward and also bloody.We agreed to play "advance and who dares wins". :)My russians advanced and got a lot of casualitiesbut managed to reach the center of the table.Olle didn´t hesitate and hammered my infantry hardwith MG-fire but my mecha got a serious hit with its flamethrower and knocked him out.With the german mecha on fire my chances to win grew rapidly but we were forced to a gamebreak when my daughters got to hungry... :)The next SoTR-game will probably be even more bloody butwe will scratchbuild at least 3 mechas on each sideand this will be great fun indeed.